Senior Data Engineer

Title: Sr Data Engineer

Location: New York City (hybrid schedule)

Reporting Structure: This role reports to the VP of Engineering

Company Description

Our client is on a mission to increase government transparency to connect and empower. They’re building an AI platform that helps businesses and individuals make sense of messy government data. Executive orders, news shifts, regulations - they’re making sense of it all.

Corporations, law firms, non-profits, and individuals alike are still using spreadsheets and archaic government websites to understand how bills impact their industry. They deserve a 21st century tool that streamlines how we make sense of pending legislation, and enables a more transparent and accessible advocacy process.

Quick facts:

Raised $9M total

Supported by Bonfire Ventures (#1 VC in LA) and Communitas VC (plus former Thomson Reuters, Granicus, Snapchat leadership)

Already working with big names like Crowdstrike, Gunderson Law

Passionate and mission driven team building cool stuff to benefit everyone!

The Role

They’re looking for an experienced and skilled Senior Data Engineer to join their dedicated data engineering team. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a critical hands-on role in designing, building, and maintaining robust data infrastructure and pipelines. You’ll help shape their data platform, drive architectural decisions, and ensure data reliability and scalability across the organization.

Is this you?

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other data engineers. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and reliability while managing data-related projects and deliverables.

Deep experience building data pipelines and workflows using tools like Airflow. Comfortable architecting scalable batch and streaming solutions.

Proficiency in Python with a focus on data engineering best practices, including modular code, testing, and performance.

Hands-on experience building in and deploying to AWS and/or GCP. Familiarity with S3, EC2, Lambda, Cloud Functions, or equivalent services.

Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases. Experience with data warehousing, partitioning, and performance optimization.

You champion CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability. You prioritize clean, tested, and well-documented code.

Able to work cross-functionally with analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable data solutions.

You quickly absorb new concepts and technologies.

You embrace complexity and persist through tough challenges.

You’re passionate about politics and increasing government transparency.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in a managerial or leadership role

Knowledge of Python, FastAPI and Pydantic

Familiarity with Elasticsearch and experience in implementing search functionality

Experience with DevOps practices, along with an understanding of security best practices and performance optimization

Experience with infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform

#Perks

$160,000 - $200,000 Annual Salary

Favorable Equity

Health Insurance

401(k) with a Company Match (3.5%)

Unlimited PTO & Sick Leave

Paid Federal Holidays + Election Day

Full autonomy in a high-growth startup